Rapture by Blondie...1980?
Yeah, the birth of rap for white folks. Debbie harry and the band were seeing NYC kids beat-boxing and rapping in NYC while palying CBGB, etc. as well as kids doing similar stuff in the UK. They mainstreamed it. DAMN THEM!
Yup...first Rap tune...
I always thought Blondie recorded the first modern rap song too, I think it was more like '77 or '78 though. I think there was a VH1 special about the birth of rap and that was the conclusion reached in the program.
I just recently "rediscovered" Blondie, GOOD stuff IMO. Their greatest hits CD is in my car's 6 disk changer, along with Rob Zombie, metallica, Gretchen Wilson, Celtic Women and a mix of Fuges (classical). I have a strange taste in music.
>>Rapture by Blondie...1980?<<
I just realized you beat me to it.